Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in Virginia for 2017

The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.

Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.

Virginia has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.

The WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-ARLINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Washington DC and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 27.1% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$34,667

$35,630

$36,593

$37,557

$38,520

$39,484

$40,447

$41,410

$42,374

$43,337

LEO-4

$38,910

$39,991

$41,071

$42,151

$43,232

$44,312

$45,392

$46,473

$47,553

$48,634

LEO-5

$44,751

$45,961

$47,171

$48,381

$49,591

$50,801

$52,011

$53,221

$54,431

$55,641

LEO-6

$47,185

$48,533

$49,882

$51,230

$52,579

$53,927

$55,276

$56,624

$57,973

$59,321

LEO-7

$50,935

$52,434

$53,932

$55,431

$56,929

$58,428

$59,926

$61,425

$62,923

$64,422

LEO-8

$53,088

$54,747

$56,406

$58,064

$59,723

$61,382

$63,040

$64,699

$66,358

$68,016

LEO-9

$56,805

$58,638

$60,470

$62,303

$64,136

$65,969

$67,801

$69,634

$71,467

$73,300

LEO-10

$62,556

$64,574

$66,593

$68,611

$70,629

$72,648

$74,666

$76,685

$78,703

$80,721

The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Alexandria, Quantico, Warrenton, Fort Belvoir, Arlington, Dahlgren, and other areas within the region.

The RICHMOND, VA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Richmond and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 18.19% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$32,236

$33,132

$34,028

$34,924

$35,820

$36,716

$37,612

$38,507

$39,403

$40,299

LEO-4

$36,183

$37,187

$38,192

$39,197

$40,201

$41,206

$42,210

$43,215

$44,220

$45,224

LEO-5

$41,614

$42,739

$43,864

$44,989

$46,114

$47,239

$48,365

$49,490

$50,615

$51,740

LEO-6

$43,877

$45,131

$46,385

$47,639

$48,893

$50,147

$51,401

$52,655

$53,909

$55,163

LEO-7

$47,365

$48,758

$50,152

$51,545

$52,938

$54,332

$55,725

$57,119

$58,512

$59,906

LEO-8

$49,367

$50,909

$52,452

$53,994

$55,536

$57,079

$58,621

$60,163

$61,706

$63,248

LEO-9

$52,823

$54,527

$56,231

$57,936

$59,640

$61,344

$63,048

$64,753

$66,457

$68,161

LEO-10

$58,171

$60,048

$61,924

$63,801

$65,678

$67,555

$69,432

$71,309

$73,186

$75,062

The Richmond locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Bowling Green, Richmond, Fort Lee, and other areas within the region.

Any federal employees in Virginia who do not live in an area for which a specific Locality Pay Adjustment has been set will receive the generic "Rest of the United States" locality pay adjustment of 15.06% (shown in the table below).

LEO Grade

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Step 9

Step 10

LEO-3

$31,383

$32,255

$33,127

$33,999

$34,871

$35,743

$36,616

$37,488

$38,360

$39,232

LEO-4

$35,224

$36,202

$37,180

$38,158

$39,137

$40,115

$41,093

$42,071

$43,049

$44,027

LEO-5

$40,511

$41,607

$42,702

$43,798

$44,893

$45,988

$47,084

$48,179

$49,274

$50,370

LEO-6

$42,715

$43,936

$45,156

$46,377

$47,598

$48,819

$50,040

$51,260

$52,481

$53,702

LEO-7

$46,110

$47,467

$48,823

$50,180

$51,537

$52,893

$54,250

$55,606

$56,963

$58,319

LEO-8

$48,059

$49,561

$51,062

$52,564

$54,066

$55,567

$57,069

$58,570

$60,072

$61,573

LEO-9

$51,424

$53,083

$54,742

$56,401

$58,060

$59,720

$61,379

$63,038

$64,697

$66,356

LEO-10

$56,630

$58,457

$60,285

$62,112

$63,939

$65,766

$67,593

$69,420

$71,247

$73,075

The Rest of U.S. locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Blackstone, Radford, Wallops Island, and other areas within the region.